Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa - Rewriting Histories (Paperback)

As South Africa moves towards majority rule, and blacks begin to exercise direct political power, apartheid becomes a thing of the past - but its legacy in South African history will be indelible. this book is designed to introduce students to a range of interpretations of one of South Africa's central social characteristics: racial segregation. It:

* brings together eleven articles which span the whole history of segregation from its origins to its final collapse
* reviews the new historiography of segregation and the wide variety of intellectual traditions on which it is based
* includes a glossary, explanatory notes and further reading.